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Q&A If voting doesn't do anything, should one vote?

The verse Lev melech beyad hashem refers to a step in which you have no bechira: After the nomination of the King, we need to see every action of the king as a realization of the intent o...

posted 8y ago by kouty‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#1: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-09-03T00:16:51Z (about 4 years ago)
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  • <p>The verse Lev melech beyad hashem refers to a step in which you have no bechira: After the nomination of the King, we need to see every action of the king as a realization of the intent of HaShem. <a href="http://www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot.2.3?with=Rabbeinu%20Yonah&lang=he" rel="nofollow noreferrer">see Rabenu Yona on Avot 2, 3</a></p>
  • <p>But in a previous step, before the election, this vision is erroneous. If a candidate "A" says "I will make an action "f" and you disapprove this action, you must see your duty as a duty to act against "A". If "A" becomes president because of your lack of opposition, you may be regarded as a shutaf of the action "f", as the famous expression: פרתו של רבי אלעזר בן עזריה in Mishna betsa (2, 8) and Shabbat (5, 4). </p>
  • The verse Lev melech beyad hashem refers to a step in which you have no bechira: After the nomination of the King, we need to see every action of the king as a realization of the intent of HaShem. [see Rabenu Yona on Avot 2, 3] [02]
  • But in a previous step, before the election, this vision is erroneous. If a candidate "A" says "I will make an action "f" and you disapprove this action, you must see your duty as a duty to act against "A". If "A" becomes president because of your lack of opposition, you may be regarded as a shutaf of the action "f", as the famous expression: פרתו של רבי אלעזר בן עזריה in Mishna betsa (2, 8) and Shabbat (5, 4).
  • [02]:
  • http://www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot.2.3?with=Rabbeinu%20Yonah&lang=he